Last year at the International Ayrshire Show, Palmyra Berkely P Ruth-ET’s day ended with Intermediate champion

The use of tile drainage varies across the Midwest

‘Tis the season for sleepless nights, stress, and quality corn silage

You invest a great deal in making top quality feed. Do all that you can to see that it reaches the dairy cow in the best condition and that she consumes it

The digital presence you create for your farm and yourself is going to last a lot longer than anything else you’ve left behind

Every night I wonder: How much longer?

From 4-H motto to life philosophy, these words have become more than just words for me

We live in a time of great divisions, but somehow these natural disasters have people all over the country doing what they can to help others

Life lessons, fun memories, and family traditions make the county fair a special place for many of us

Knowing my cows means I know more than just their name, I know them.

We started chopping our corn silage July 20 this year and finished chopping August 18. It has definitely been one of the longest silage seasons I have ever encountered. We planted a good bit more corn

Roughly twice a year our cows get scored based on how they look and last week was our turn

I’ve always been proud of where I came from. Growing up on a farm is a unique experience that not every child gets the opportunity to have

We have some construction work going on at the farm, and a driver came out not long ago to deliver new pipes. He obviously was on a dairy for the first time

How many hours a day are your cows not in their home pen? Taking a closer look into your milking herd’s daily schedule is an important management step

I’m not real sure if it is just a Southern thing to know what it means to have “Georgia weather,” especially around July and August, but these two months are the extreme heat months for...

There are consumers who wish to learn about where their food comes from; how you go about answering that question could benefit the dairy industry or dramatically hurt it

Safety in the workplace is important for you, your animals, and your employees alike. Like many of you, my children often accompany me at work, and many times that means time in the milk barn

If you told me when I was 9 years old that one day I would willingly get up in front of a crowd of hundreds, I would be shaking my head no

The age-old joke surrounding holidays is that they’re filled with stress from old family squabbles and new family drama. Is that true? Are most people’s holidays filled with dread and anxiety?